Synonyms for prévention
prɪˈvɛn ʃənpréven·tion

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1. prevention

   Synonyms:
   denial, hindrance, objection, opposition, prohibition, refusal, resistance

   Antonyms:
   allowance, authority, authorization, consent, leave, liberty, license, permission, permit

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1. prevention

   Synonyms:
   obstruction, stoppage, interruption, hinderance

   Antonyms:
   help, aid, succor, acceleration

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1. prevention, barnoun

   the act of preventing

   "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"

   Synonyms:
   measure, taproom, stripe, bar, streak, legal community, legal profession, saloon, cake, ginmill, barroom, prevention

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1. • Hindrance

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1. preventionnoun

   Synonyms:
   obstruction, stoppage, hinderance, interruption

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1. preventionnoun

   Synonyms:
   obstruction, thwarting, interruption, hindrance, preclusion, obviation, interception

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1. List of paraphrases for "prevention":

   preventing, preventive, prevent, preventative, prévention, prevención, avoidance, prevented, precautionary, preventions, prophylaxis

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1. John Ayers:

   It turns out that actually because of our study, we got to see those things happen. When we published our study, a few weeks later, Charlie Sheen began speaking out about HIV prevention, particularly condoms, and he cited our study as one of the reasons for doing that, we also saw several leading organizations in HIV prevention begin to use Charlie Sheen's disclosure as a way to promote HIV prevention.

2. Kevin Paffrath:

   CNN is trying to keep voters in the dark about our campaign to attempt to help Governor Newsom stay in power, newsom lied to us, overstating fire prevention by 690%, then just today we discover his administration tried to cover up their original statement.

3. United States:

   We need ongoing improvement of prevention and treatment. It is there, but only a small proportion of people that need treatment get treatment. This has been an ongoing problem and it's still there.

4. John Ayers:

   When Magic Johnson made his disclosure, there wasn't a similar reaction. There couldn't be, because people didn't know what to do, remember, people (were) asking, 'Can he play basketball?' 'Can I shake his hand?' There wasn't this trove of information about HIV, HIV prevention and HIV testing. When Sheen disclosed, there was this trove of information.

5. Hansa Bhargava:

   It's definitely genetic, prevention is really the cure in these situations. You want to make sure the child is not overtired, stressed out, over-scheduled. And have a nice calming ritual at bedtime so the child can actually calm himself down before going to sleep.